James Norton, actor best known for his roles in Happy Valley and Grantchester, has revealed that he only played a small part in his new Netflix series with his father.
James Norton has revealed that he got his father a part in his latest Netflix show. The term ‘nepo baby’ refers to those who have made it in the business after being born to parents who are also in the industry, with some of the most famous being Stranger Things star Maya Hawke, Freakier Friday actress Jamie Lee Curtis, and Goldie Hawn’s daughter Kate Hudson.
Actor James, 40, has recently flipped the concept of a ” nepo baby ” because he revealed that his father, Hugh, who worked as a teacher and lecturer before moving on to a cameo role in his most recent episode of Peaky Blinders, made a cameo appearance.
In it, he plays fictional brewery foreman, Sean Rafferty, and stars alongside alongside Anthony Boyle as the real-life Arthur Guinness, Louis Partridge as Edward and Emily Fairn as Anne Guinness.
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Alongside a snap of the two of them working on set, he wrote on Instagram: “Blink and you’ll miss him #bringyourparentstoworkday.” Fans of the actor flooded the comments section to praise him over the revelation.
One person praised your dad’s “love” of doing this in all of his projects. while another person expressed their delight in saying, “Oh, that’s just so lovely,” and a third person added, “You guys are so adorable,” and added a red heart and a crying emoji to their comment.
Fourthly, “Your Dad, I’d say, this is lovely that he wants to appear in everything you do.” and a fifth person remarked, “I love this, brilliant when you explained on Graham Norton’s show that your father’s arm was in the still from Joy, just gorgeous”!
But this isn’t the first time James has invited his dad to star on screen with him. Hugh can be seen making small appearances in Death Comes To Pemberley, Lady Chatterley’s Lover and McMafia. James, who has also starred in Happy Valley and King & Conqueror, played a leading role in Grantchester and the BBC drama War & Peace, and his dad appeared in both of those as well at various points.
House of Guinness delves into the story of the family behind the famous brewery following the death of patriarch Sir Benjamin Guinness. In the series, the business owner bequeaths his empire to just two of his children and doesn’t want to ‘burden’ the others with such a responsibility. It is made clear that trouble will come to the forefront of the series as conflicts around money, power and family look set to rattle throughout.
The streaming service’s “House of Guinness” explores an epic tale that is inspired by the Guinness Family, one of Europe’s most well-known and enduring dynasties.
The story, which is set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, begins shortly after Sir Benjamin Guinness’s passing, the man who had a significant influence on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as a group of Dublin characters who interact with the Guinness phenomenon.
The cast is also made up of a host of esteemed names from the acting world, including Masters of the Air star Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, who starred alongside Millie Bobby Brown in Enola Holmes, Emily Fairn, and Normal People’s Fionn O’Shea.
The cast includes Niamh McCormack, Danielle Galligan, Ann Skelly, Seamus O’Hara, Michael McElhatton, David Wilmot, Michael Colgan, Jessica Reynolds, Hilda Fay, and Elizabeth Daulau, along with Game of Thrones actors Michael McElhatton and Jack Gleeson.
Source: Mirror
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